Polk County GaArchives News....."Georgia Doings" October 14, 1873 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Liz Robertson http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00013.html#0003232 December 11, 2005, 9:29 am The Carroll County Times, Nov. 14, 1873 October 14, 1873 "At the late term of Polk Superior Court, S. J. Cox was tried for killing Charles Persons at Rickmart about a year ago. The jury were out but a few minutes when they returned a verdict of not guilty." File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/polk/newspapers/georgiad913gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Clarence - email me - I have 'proof' of our William York who was a pvt. in the N.C. Continental Line and not a captain... there was a captain, and one other William York, all in N. Ga. at the same time - but I have nailed this one down! Diane ----- Subject: [GAPOLK] Marriage Book for years 1886 forward I have Patricia Millican's Polk County Marriage Book for the years 1852~1885; however, I need one for the years following 1885. Does anyone know if one exists? Clarence Atkins Olathe, Kansas ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/161 - Release Date: 11/3/2005

Tom, Checked both Polk and Haralson Counties and did not find any Brookshires listed. They may have married in one of the surrounding counties. Wish I could help more. Doris > [Original Message] > From: <TBrooks357@aol.com> > To: <GAPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/4/05 4:12:09 PM > Subject: Re: [GAPOLK] Marriage Book for years 1886 forward > > Hi.. Since someone has this info.. Please try and locate Levi M. Brookshire > and Sarah A. Casey.. married in 1888 possibly in Polk County Ga. > I have been looking for documentation for Levi M. Brookshire and can find NO > information on Levi's marriage and possible divorce.. > Many thanks for your efforts and any info would be greatly apreciated.. > > Tom Brookshire > 931-766-6885 >

Charles, Did not see a marriage for Alexander R. Brooks and Anzora Walthall in Polk County. I also checked Haralson County and did not find them there. They may have married in Floyd or Paulding Counties or even in Alabama. Sorry I could not help. Doris > [Original Message] > From: Charles F Brooks <brooks.charles@gmail.com> > To: <GAPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/4/05 1:54:34 PM > Subject: Re: [GAPOLK] Marriage Book for years 1886 forward > > Hey Clarence, Please look up Alexander R. Brooks and Anzora Walthall married > in !861. Thanks your for youir cooperation. > >

Yes, Clarence. She did at least two more books. Marriage Book "C" 1883-1894 and Marriage Book "D" 1894-1907. I have both of them, plus I live near Cedartown and can do limited look-ups. Just let me know what you are looking for and I will check between packing and getting ready to move. Also check out the Polk County, GA AHGP web site, there are many marriages listed on the site at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/ Happy Searching! Doris > [Original Message] > From: Clarence Atkins <clarence@atkins.net> > To: <GAPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/4/05 12:38:33 PM > Subject: [GAPOLK] Marriage Book for years 1886 forward > > I have Patricia Millican's Polk County Marriage Book for the years > 1852~1885; however, I need one for the years following 1885. Does anyone > know if one exists? > > Clarence Atkins > Olathe, Kansas >

Hi.. Since someone has this info.. Please try and locate Levi M. Brookshire and Sarah A. Casey.. married in 1888 possibly in Polk County Ga. I have been looking for documentation for Levi M. Brookshire and can find NO information on Levi's marriage and possible divorce.. Many thanks for your efforts and any info would be greatly apreciated.. Tom Brookshire 931-766-6885

Hey Clarence, Please look up Alexander R. Brooks and Anzora Walthall married in !861. Thanks your for youir cooperation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clarence Atkins" <clarence@atkins.net> To: <GAPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 12:05 PM Subject: [GAPOLK] Marriage Book for years 1886 forward > I have Patricia Millican's Polk County Marriage Book for the years > 1852~1885; however, I need one for the years following 1885. Does anyone > know if one exists? > > Clarence Atkins > Olathe, Kansas > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

I have Patricia Millican's Polk County Marriage Book for the years 1852~1885; however, I need one for the years following 1885. Does anyone know if one exists? Clarence Atkins Olathe, Kansas

Hello, I have much important information from this message board and surely appreciate those who maintain it. In about two weeks, I'll be in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband. I'm interested in looking at the old Paulding County tax records. Last time I was there I was told the taxes are housed in the old county jail. Is this true and how would I gain access to the records? Thanks, Betty Nelson

Lynn, Unfortunately, the records end with 1870. Wish we could get more records transcribed. Would gladly place them online for everyone to read and research. Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Lynn Farrer To: elantr@earthlink.net;GAPOLK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 10/17/05 7:16:07 AM Subject: Re: [GAPOLK] Van Wert Baptist Church Minutes Doris, I suspect that I had FARRER relatives that were members of the Van Wert Church in the 1900-1920's(?) era. Are you working your way that way? Lynn Farrer Doris Robbins <elantr@earthlink.net> wrote: A while back the Van Wert Baptist Church Minutes for the years 1840 - 1870 were posted to the web site. Somone suggested how nice it would be if we knew a little more about the people mentioned in the minutes. You can now click on some of the names and learn a little more about them. If you would like to see if your ancestor is listed, the minutes are at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/VanWertMinutes1840-1849.html If you have additional information that you would like to share, it can be sent to gacopolk@usgennet.org or elantr@earthlink.net we will be glad to post it and give you credit for the info. Thanks to everyopne that has shared information and helped others researching their ancestors. Doris Robbins Polk County, GA Host for AHGP http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/

Doris, I suspect that I had FARRER relatives that were members of the Van Wert Church in the 1900-1920's(?) era. Are you working your way that way? Lynn Farrer Doris Robbins <elantr@earthlink.net> wrote: A while back the Van Wert Baptist Church Minutes for the years 1840 - 1870 were posted to the web site. Somone suggested how nice it would be if we knew a little more about the people mentioned in the minutes. You can now click on some of the names and learn a little more about them. If you would like to see if your ancestor is listed, the minutes are at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/VanWertMinutes1840-1849.html If you have additional information that you would like to share, it can be sent to gacopolk@usgennet.org or elantr@earthlink.net we will be glad to post it and give you credit for the info. Thanks to everyopne that has shared information and helped others researching their ancestors. Doris Robbins Polk County, GA Host for AHGP http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

A while back the Van Wert Baptist Church Minutes for the years 1840 - 1870 were posted to the web site. Somone suggested how nice it would be if we knew a little more about the people mentioned in the minutes. You can now click on some of the names and learn a little more about them. If you would like to see if your ancestor is listed, the minutes are at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/VanWertMinutes1840-1849.html If you have additional information that you would like to share, it can be sent to gacopolk@usgennet.org or elantr@earthlink.net we will be glad to post it and give you credit for the info. Thanks to everyopne that has shared information and helped others researching their ancestors. Doris Robbins Polk County, GA Host for AHGP http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/

Each of you may know all these already, but I learned a lot from this post, which was posted to another list I am a member of. Being that most of us use the search engines much of the time, I thought this would be good to share with all of our members. Wyndell Taylor List Manger >SEARCH ENGINE TIPS >by Mike Jarvis > >As genealogists in today's high-tech world, the importance of using search >engines properly is ever increasing. With genealogy related web sites making >up a huge part of our World Wide Web, we would like to share some search >engine tips that perhaps a few you will find helpful. There is much that >could be written about this, but we will focus only on a few tips that we >find most helpful. We use [ and ] to indicate terms that would be written in >a search box. > >First - The use of quotation marks. When using a combination of words in the >search box, the search engine results will include every web page where >these words occur anywhere on that page regardless of whether these words >are immediately next to each other. Using the search term of [family >history ] will result in 109,000,000 hits while ["family history"] within >quotations will result in 5,400,000 hits. This is because in the second >instance it is only finding pages were the words are actually next to or >immediately touching each other. Try this with a family name. For example my >grandmother is named Flora MacDonald. If I search [Flora McDonald ] in >Google it returns 251,000 hits. Putting ["Flora MacDonald"] in quotations >results in 29,600 hits. This is far too many hits and primarily relate to a >prominent woman in Scottish and American history. This is not my >grandmother. However, knowing that my grandmothers middle name was Hermosa, >it makes sense to put ["Flora Hermosa MacDonald"] in the search box and I >get two hits related specifically to my grandmother. Success! > >Second - The use of the minus sign. This is my second favorite search tip. >Using any combination of words in a search box with the minus sign directly >next to a word that you DO NOT want to find is also helpful. Using the >search term ["Flora MacDonald" -Scotland -Scottish -"North Carolina" -NC ] >will eliminate any pages from my search that includes the words next to the >minus sign. So I will get only those pages that have my grandmother's name >and do not have Scotland or North Carolina on the site. This effectively >reduces the number of sites by more than half, from 29,600 to 12,800 hits. >Using quotation marks and the minus sign in combination greatly improves >your search results. > >Third - The use of the plus sign. The plus sign has the effect of >instructing the search engine to give special emphasis to any word where the >plus sign is against it. My grandmother's father was Alexander MacDonald. >However, not the Alexander MacDonald who was prime minister of Canada. Using >the search term [Flora MacDonald -Scotland -Scottish -"North Carolina" -NC >+"Alexander MacDonald" -Canada ] gives me 1 hit that directs me to a site >about my grandmother. Here we have combined quotation marks with the minus >sign and the plus sign > >Fourth - The site search. Let's say that I would like to find Alexander >MacDonald, however, I only want to search a particular domain. I would >simply use the search phrase ["Alexander MacDonald" site:rootsweb.com ]. >Rather than thousands of hits I get 204. Similarly, you could put a minus >sign in front of rootsweb.com so that it searches all domains except >Rootsweb. > >Fifth - The intitle search term. Suppose that you would like to find every >site on the Web with the word genealogy in the title. The search box would >need the term [intitle:genealogy ], which would result in 943,000 hits. >Similarly, use the term [intitle:genealogy -site:ancestry.com ] and you >eliminate 3000

Seeking information on Edgar Gordon BAKER, born 1914, died in Polk County, Georgia in August 1970, from injuries sustained in a train accident. He was my 1st cousin once removed. Thanks for any help. Linda txsvalley@aol.com

Ezra JAMES. Cobb and Polk Cos., Georgia. Hempstead Co., Arkansas. Shelby, Runnels and Baylor Cos., Texas. Born abt 1854 in Cobb Co., Georgia, to John W. and Sarah James. Married Carry CHANDLER 12 Oct 1976 in Cobb Co. Moved to Polk Co. Children- Minnie and Patmon. Later moved to Hempstead Co., Arkansas, and married Regina BENNETT. Children- Simon, Lola, Sam A., Lula, John, Horace E., Buena, Lonzo and Cora. Moved to Texas. Died abt 1920 in Baylor Co., Texas. Any information that you could share on Ezra JAMES would be appreciated, thanks, Fred James.

BROCK FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY August 28, 2005 11:00 A.M. / Eat at 12:00 Noon Cave Spring Picnic Area Cave Spring, Georgia If you are a Brock or have any Brock ancestors, please be at this reunion. The Brock reunion was started in the late 1930s and has been held every year since. As Brocks, we must preserve this reunion for the future generations. Also, encourage all your Brock kin to be at the reunion. Bring pictures of your Brock ancestors. If you have any questions about the reunion, contact: Harold Brock: 706-754-4803 D. Scott Dingler: 678-560-9313 Bruce Brock: 256-523-5425 JESUS OUR SAVIOR WILL CARRY US ALL THE WAY!!!!!!! Check out my Genealogy home page at http://home.attbi.com/~scott-dingler/ D. Scott Dingler 1870 Donald Drive Marietta, GA 30062 ********************************************************* * * * JESUS OUR SAVIOR WILL CARRY US ALL THE WAY !!!!!!! * * * *********************************************************

Debbie Garner has a web site on World Connect that has the following names: Seals Garner William Clarence Garner Della V. Morris Does anyone have a current emaill address for her or know how to contact Debbie? Thank you. Jenny Garner jwgarner@texas.net

Looking for information on the following family found in the 1930 Fish Creek, Polk Co., GA census: William C Garner age 29 GA GA GA Della V Garner age 30 GA Bonnie J. (dau) age 10 GA Hubert W. (Son) age 9 GA Sarah E (dau) age 4 GA Seals L. (son) age 2 GA They are also listed in the 1920 Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA census: Wm C 19 GA Della V 19 GA Berna (Bonnie?) J 3/12 GA Are they the same William Clarence Garner and Della V. Morris that married December 19, 1918 in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA? Also, who would be the parents of William? I don't have access to 1910 census records to look for his parents. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Jenny Garner jwgarner@texas.net

Did you volunteer to survey one of the cemeteries in Polk County? Have you finished the survey, but have not turned it in? Maybe the weather has been too hot or you had other problems and could not get the survey(s) done. Then please let us know where you stand with the survey(s). We need to get them all in as soon as possible so they can be typed and verified. If you have not volunteered, but would like to help with the surveys, we still have several cemeteries that have not been assigned. Check out the cemetery list at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/Cemeteries.html We will be glad to help you with getting started and the guidelines. (Cemeteries must be recored in rows and clearly marked as such.) If there is enough interest, we will have a class on cemetery surveys. Please e-mail pccpc@earthlink.net or elantr@earthlink.net Thanks, Doris Robbins Polk County Cemetery Preservation Committee

Mary, The Polk County Cemetery Preservation Committee is compiling a new Polk County Cemetery Book and we hope to have it ready to sell some time next year. We have already found several cemeteries that have not been listed in any previous book or online. As of today, June 24, 2005, we have about 70 cemeteries surveyed out of the more than 105. We still have the larger ones to survey - Greenwood, North View, Polk Memory Gardens and Rose Hill. A list of the cemeteries can be found at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/Cemeteries.html Many of the obituaries on line on the Polk County, GA GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapolk/ and at Polk County, GA AHGP http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/ The Cedartown Library has the older copies of the Newspapers on Microfilm. Don't know how soon I will be able to get to the library, but if no one else has volunteered, I will be happy to do a look-up for you. Just write me offline at elantr@earthlink.net I also have a copy of the Haralson County, GA Cemetery Book and a copy of the Polk County, GA Funeral Home Records 1944 to 1949 from Biasner & Lee Borders Funeral Homes. Will be glad to go limited look-ups in them. Doris > [Original Message] > From: M.H. <mjnfl@yahoo.com> > To: <GAPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/24/05 10:41:48 AM > Subject: [GAPOLK] Cedartown > > Hi, > Does anyone on this list have access to obituaries or cemetary records for Cedartown or surrounding communities? I don't want to ask anyone to do alot of research, was hoping this info. might be published in a book. > > Thanks a bunch....Mary > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx